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- 101 My Whole Family Was Banished to the Wasteland, but Farming Made Me Rich 全家发配荒山，我靠种田家财万贯 [Reclaiming Wasteland + Gathering and Farming + Food + Business + Everyday Family Life + Building Wealth + Ensemble Cast + No Golden Finger] When Lin Xiaotao opened her eyes, she found that she had transmigrated to ancient times. She was now part of a land-reclamation team, heading south with them to clear the wilderness. From the start, she was on the road. She had no pocket dimension and no golden finger, and her whole family had been sent to the mountains to reclaim wasteland. Their house and 362Reads—Score12014d adds
- 102 An Ancient-Era Cannon Fodder Woman's Retirement Plan 古代炮灰女的养老计划 As a “left-behind child” whose parents were both alive, Su He wasn’t at all afraid of transmigrating to ancient times and becoming a maid. She planned to leave the household, establish her own household, and start a leisurely life in the ancient world. What? She had a younger brother and sister of her own? After finally snatching her siblings away from their scumbag father, she bought a house and farmland and paid for her brother’s education, ready to become a mom without the pain of childbirth. 3.4kReads8.9Score33014d adds
- 103 A Different Everyday Life in Dream of the Red Chamber 不一样的红楼日常 After an accident, Jin Linlang was reborn in ancient times and had to fight for her survival. It all began when she realized she might be Jin Yuanyang, the head maid serving Lady Jia in Dream of the Red Chamber. Fortunately, she hadn’t entered the Jia household yet, so there was still time to change things. 690Reads7.1Score10014d adds
- 104 Turning the Tables in the Imperial Exams: A Cat Swapped for the Crown Prince from the Start 科举逆袭：开局狸猫换太子 [One-on-one romance + System + imperial examinations + historical fiction + transmigration to an alternate world] Chen Xiao was once the head of a modern family of martial arts practitioners. Who could have imagined that his fiancée and younger brother would betray him? After dying, he was born into the Great Wei dynasty and became the crown prince who had been switched at birth! On the road to success in the imperial examinations, Chen Xiao pushed forward with his indomitable spirit, repeatedly 11Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 105 Small-Town Life After Retiring from Maid Service 当丫鬟退休后的小县城生活 (Completed) [Food-stall heroine + storybook-writing hero + fictional setting + no golden finger + gentle, everyday life] Fifteen years after leaving the He household in the capital, Jiang Yu, a retired maid, returns to Daliu Town with her daughter. She buys a small courtyard and sets up a food stall at the mouth of an alley. In Sweetwater Alley lives a successful candidate who writes storybooks instead of doing anything respectable. Cheng keeps odd hours, sleeping by day and staying up at night. 3.5kReads8.9Score36214d adds
- 106 In Search of a Gentle Breeze 觅清风 [The maid only wants to make money. Sir, please leave her alone] [Coercive romance] Gu Mingyue was sold and given to Lord He as a gift! At first, Lord He said coolly, “You can stay, but only as an ordinary maid.” Gu Mingyue’s daily goals: do her duties, study, and save money. Later, Lord He roared, “Why won’t you give me so much as a glance?” Gu Mingyue fled to the capital, disguised herself as a man, and, through a twist of fate, became a court official. A major case 99Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 107 A Chang’an Food Entrepreneur’s Diary 长安美食创业记 The spring breeze stirs the willows, and apricot blossoms glisten in the misty rain. Behind the counter at the Wonderflavor Restaurant in Chongdefang, the proprietress stands poised, eyes lowered. One hand moves the abacus while the other writes and sketches on a sheet of paper. Lin Yuxi: Buy a house and land, settle in Chang’an, and live a wealthy, carefree life with fine food and wine for company. Qin Yue: I’ve established my career. It’s time to start a family. (A transmigration story in an i 198Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 108 The Regent's Favorite Fragrance: Poisonous and Alluring 摄政王的心尖香，毒又撩 She is an unconventional young lady among the noblewomen of the capital, the Princess Consort of the Regent mocked as a “madwoman,” but in truth, a prodigy of incense. With a single rare fragrance, she can identify poison and unravel a plot; with a bewitching incense, she can quell a plague and foil a palace coup! Gu Zhaozhao tries to poison her? She turns the tables and makes her foe humiliate herself in public. Helian Fengling rebels? She wields incense as a weapon, helping He Linyuan race a t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 A Country Girl's Plans for Spring 农女谋春 The rating just came out, so it'll go up! Please give it five stars, loves! [Transmigration + No Pocket Dimension + No Golden Finger + Farming + Business + Food + Protective Male Lead + 1v1] A story about a girl who transmigrates into another world at fourteen. Orphaned, with only her little brother left, she heads to the capital to seek refuge with her aunt, a member of a prominent family in Shengjing. Unfortunately, her aunt doesn't take kindly to her, so she relies on herself to escape povert 59.2kReads7.5Score7k14d adds
- 110 After I Married, I Helped My Husband’s Family Gain Their Freedom and Grow Rich 嫁人后，我带着夫家脱籍奔小富 (The male and female leads are ordinary people from ancient times, with no secret identities. The whole family leaves their life as servants in the Marquis’s household behind and works hard to build a life of their own.) Lin Panqiu had always dreamed of marrying into a family where she could eat her fill and wear nice clothes. She never wanted to go back to a life where every meal left her only half full. So when her eldest cousin returned to her parents’ home to arrange a match for her second c 5kReads8.2Score52314d adds
- 111 A Peaceful Farming Life After the Whole Family Bought Their Freedom 全家赎身后的悠闲种田生活 [Family life] [Farming] [Gourmet] [Slow-paced] [Traveling far and wide] Slow-paced! Detailed! Gourmet! A farming novel!!! Not a power fantasy!!! No golden finger!!! A university student studying agriculture woke up to find herself transmigrated as a young maid in a marquis's manor. Her parents doted on her and her little brother was thoughtful, while her desire to farm grew stronger and stronger as she worked toward buying her freedom. After returning home, she grew potatoes and tomatoes, grafte 2.9kReads8.5Score28314d adds
- 112 Shocking! The Marquis’s Young Maid Gives Birth to the Heir’s Illegitimate Eldest Son 惊！侯府小丫鬟，生了世子庶长子 [This new book has just been rated, so the score is low. Please bear with us.] [Devoted couple + sweet romance + raising a little boy + winning her back] One-line blurb: A brooding, love-struck young lord talks himself into falling in love. Full blurb: Su Chanyi, born into a family of physicians, transmigrated one day into the body of a senior maid serving the wife of the Marquis of Yong'an. She watched her words and actions, hid her abilities, and pretended to be ill, hoping only to hold on unt 2.1kReads8.7Score11914d adds
- 113 The He Clan's Palace Graduate 何氏传胪 [Imperial examinations + business + farming + native protagonist + romance] Born into a family of scholars and farmers, he comes from a long line of officials. His direct relatives now include a third-rank court official, but his own branch is so distant that they have been excluded from the clan for five generations. To restore the family’s former glory and stop his grandmother and grandparents from being mocked, he has only one path: the imperial examinations. He takes exam after exam, builds 664Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 114 Qingsuo, the Maid 丫鬟清锁 From household rivalries to palace intrigue, the heroine is no white lotus, no scheming villain, and certainly no lovesick fool... She had no name or family. She was a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old street urchin who survived by begging. He was a notorious young troublemaker, a little devil and the young prince of the manor. When she accidentally wounded him, he took her back to the manor to exact revenge, doing everything he could to torment her. His birth mother drugged him, and he accidentall 138Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Survival in a Chaotic World: My Blessed Wife at Home 乱世生存守则之家有福妻 Liu Hanfu, a twenty-first-century archaeology professor, unexpectedly transmigrates with a magical space into the body of Yufu, a maid in the Cheng'en Duke's household. At first, all she wants is to save enough money to buy her freedom and spend the rest of her life somewhere with beautiful mountains and clear waters. But the young heir of the household takes a liking to her and plans to make her his concubine. With no other choice, she follows the old madam's arrangements and becomes a dowry ma 4.8kReads9.1Score43014d adds
- 116 The Young Master's Maid Tops the Imperial Exams 少爷的小丫鬟金榜题名了 [The story of a clever, unassuming maid and several young masters: one humble woman's road to a comeback] “Good news! Someone from the Qi family has made the imperial honor roll!” “Are you sure there's no mistake? No one from our household took the imperial exams this year.” “No mistake! It's that maid of yours, Liu Shi. She disguised herself as a man, took the exams, and came out top! The Qi household really does deserve its reputation as a family of scholars. Even one of its maids is so brilli 959Reads9.2Score13414d adds
- 117 The Low-Ranking Maid Sent Away with a Pocket Dimension 带着空间被发配的粗使丫环 [Transmigration + golden finger + farming + stockpiling grain + business + beloved by adorable children + marriage before love] [A story about people with no blood ties who become closer than family. Please read with care if that bothers you!!!] Shen Ruyi hadn’t done a thing. She went to sleep and woke up as a low-ranking maid in a marquis’s household in a fictional dynasty. Not just any maid, either: she was one of the lowest-ranked servants, assigned to menial chores. Fortunately, she still 10.3kReads7.9Score62714d adds
- 118 The Eldest Young Master’s Personal Maid 大公子的贴身丫鬟 As someone who transmigrated, why haven’t I seen any so-called protagonist aura? Why does my life keep getting worse? I went from an unlucky third-class maid to a first-class personal maid, only to get labeled a “bedchamber maid.” Rong Jin is torn. Damn Heaven, fine, you can pair people up at random, but can’t you find me someone normal? I can’t handle a sicko! The eldest young master glances sideways at her. “A sicko? Heh...” He gives a cold laugh. 1.5kReads8.6Score11014d adds
- 119 Rising Through the Imperial Exams: Changing My Family's Fate 科举兴家：带着全家改换门庭 [Imperial examinations + transmigration + farming + no golden finger] [Romance included. The male lead is devoted to one woman. The heroine appears less often, and romance is not the main plot.] [The male lead is talented, but he still has to work hard. He climbs the ranks one step at a time.] A top student who had just graduated suddenly transmigrates into the body of a farmer’s son in ancient times. Determined not to spend his whole life farming, he embarks on the long road to the imperial exa 9.7kReads6.9Score71914d adds
- 120 A Retired Palace Maid's Laid-Back Life 退休宫女的躺平日常 [No golden finger, ordinary people, slow-burn story, a gentle unfolding, peaceful daily life, lightly sketched setting] An alternate-world historical romance. All the worldbuilding is the author’s own invention, so don’t overthink it! One couple, sweet romance, mutual devotion, solid careers, and cozy everyday life. A wage slave in her previous life and a palace maid in this one, Wang Youran opens her eyes to an unexpected early retirement. Her life plan is clear: find a beautiful place with hil 2.7kReads7.6Score25114d adds
- 121 Making a Fortune as a Farmer’s Son in Ancient Times 穿成古代农家子发家致富 Zhao Yan, a modern Chinese medicine practitioner, suddenly finds himself in ancient times in the body of a fifteen-year-old boy preparing for the imperial examinations. The imperial exams? He's no good at those! And his family is full of oddballs. A cold grandfather, a harsh grandmother, a taciturn father, an honest mother, and a frail younger sister. Zhao Yan feels like he's about to fall apart. He has no choice but to pick up his old skills and make a living from the land. Mushrooms and medici 3kReads7.7Score25414d adds
- 122 A Family's Daily Life in Exile in Ancient Times 古代全家流放日常 Complete. Read with confidence. [No transmigration + No rebirth + No golden finger + Childhood Sweethearts + Skilled Young Doctor vs. Pure-Hearted, Love-Struck Young Shopkeeper] As a distant branch of a distant branch of the Qin family in the capital, and a concubine-born daughter of a concubine-born daughter, Qin Yue thought she could at least rely on the Qin family's influence to get through life. But instead of benefiting from their protection, her family was dragged down with them and demote 3.2kReads8.3Score41014d adds
- 123 A Handbook for Raising Kids in Chaotic Times 乱世养崽手札 Ji Xiang transmigrates into the body of Ji Wanxiang, a wicked mother. The original owner's two little ones, both her biological children, are always trying to knock her out and sell her to a child trafficker for money to buy stuffed flatbreads, the kind with meat filling. · She intends to devote herself to raising the children and serving her mother-in-law. But after four years on the run, her good-for-nothing husband returns home to escape the war, bringing the original owner's younger sister a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 The Struggles of a Farming Couple in Ancient Times 古代农家夫妻奋斗史 (Also known as: The Struggles of a Farming Couple in Ancient Times. The animated drama The Little Farming Couple is now streaming. Come watch!) [Native-Born Ancient People] [Farming] [Building Wealth] [Everyday Family Life] [Adorable Beloved Child] [Cozy Daily Life] [Imperial Examinations] A chance encounter at an apothecary gives Wang Wei'an, a lovestruck young man working at a restaurant, the idea of bringing Zhao Xiuxiu, a young embroiderer, home as his wife. Neither of them transmigrated or 18.1kReads8.4Score1.6k14d adds
- 125 I Picked Up a Princess for a Wife 捡个公主做夫人 [Historical romance + sweet indulgence] [A gentle, upright official x a stunning princess with amnesia] When Shen Xiangzhi, Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, returned from investigating a case, he brought back a lovely wife with amnesia. The capital was shaken! How had the aloof, jade-like Lord Shen come to have a warm, fragrant beauty by his side? Everyone was curious about the origins of his breathtaking wife. Even Shen Xiangzhi himself wondered. He had just left the capital u 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 I Transmigrated into the Red Chamber as the Maid Lin Hongyu 穿越红楼之我是丫鬟林红玉 A 28-year-old junior accountant suddenly finds herself inside a book, reborn as Lin Hongyu, also known as Xiaohong, a young maid born into the Rongguo household. The noble household looks like a garden in full bloom, but lice are crawling beneath the surface. Watch her defy fate and change her life. 90Reads—Score214d adds
- 127 The Fragrance of Tea: The Shopkeeper’s Wife Seeks a Husband 茶韵飘香：掌柜娘子要招婿 Married first, love later, food and everyday life, devoted husband, raising children Ji Yunshu took Qin Lang as a live-in husband, originally just to have a man to support the household. She never expected him not only to be strong, but to cherish her like the apple of his eye. When she wanted to start a tea-ticket business, he went to the docks to establish his reputation and become her strongest support. When she wanted to learn the finest tea-roasting techniques, he trained his hands at the M 600Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 The Strong Concubine's Life in Ancient Times 大力庶女的古代生活 Lu Yun transmigrated. She thought she had a golden finger, but it turned out to be defective. She could lift a bed at two years old and drag a carriage at four. As long as she got three hours of sleep, she could go wild for three whole days. The price was an insatiable appetite: while everyone else ate one steamed bun, she had to eat seven. Just as she thought she was following a story about finding a good match and marrying into wealth, a spring outing landed her in the palace. Just as she thou 2kReads8.1Score14414d adds
- 129 The Little Maid's Splendid Romance 小丫鬟的锦绣缘 [The rating may rise once more votes come in, so feel free to take a look] [Fictional dynasty + growing protagonist + a touch of ensemble cast + mostly everyday life + slow burn + romance] Jiang Wei was born into the household of the Marquis of Cheng'en. After passing a series of rigorous selections, she entered the young lady's household as a servant. She studied and grew, eventually becoming the young lady's first-class maid. Later, she fought for and won a chance to have her slave status revo 6.3kReads7.6Score1.2k14d adds
- 130 Getting Rich with My Reborn Parents 我和重生的爹娘一起发家致富 Farming × Rebirth × Transmigration × Alternate History The heroine's perspective: Miao Sang Sang was transmigrated into the womb of a peasant woman in ancient times. She thought she was doomed to a hard life, but it turned out her parents weren't at all what she'd imagined. It was one thing for them to be super nice to her. They were also incredibly hardworking farmers. The reborn couple's perspective: In their previous life, the couple had been exploited all their lives by their biased parent 9.4kReads8.4Score1.3k14d adds
- 131 After Being Given to a Rough Farmer as His Wife, I Became a Landowner 被送给糙汉为妻后，我成了地主婆 Meilin, the senior maid attending the old madam of the Yong’an Marquis’s residence, once imagined all sorts of lives she might lead after leaving the estate. But she never expected that one day she’d marry Zhao Chuan, a rough-hewn man. Zhao Chuan is just as frustrated. If he hadn’t seen her from afar and fallen for her, he wouldn’t have married her either. She’s the maid everyone knows for climbing into her master’s bed, the one nobody wants. Meilin had figured it’d be better if no one married h 73Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 132 Run! Run! Run! The General's Legitimate Daughter Flees Her Wedding 逃！逃！逃！将军府嫡女逃婚了 (This is a fictional setting!) [Historical romance + love that grows over time + war + devotion to family and country] Their first meeting! “Hey!” Mu Yun Zhao asked tentatively. “Are you breathing, or have you stopped?” Qi Han Yu gave a slight shake of his head! Mu Yun Zhao let out a sigh of relief. “You’re alive!” She saved him, and then latched onto him! The nth time he saved her! A curved saber was about to plunge into Mu Yun Zhao’s body! The chill of death rushed toward her. But the excrucia 133Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Joy All Year Round 四季常欢 Chang Huan transmigrated. Before transmigrating, she had been an ordinary office drone in the modern world, living a peaceful, uneventful life. But she never expected the apocalypse to arrive out of nowhere and shatter her quiet existence. Though she had a plant-based ability, it was pretty useless in the early stages, and life in the apocalypse was far from easy. Whenever she went out to search for supplies, she had to stay on guard against zombie hordes and watch out for betrayal by her compan 905Reads8.1Score10914d adds
- 134 The Beiming Family’s Little Maid Is a Money Lover 北冥家的小小丫鬟是财迷 Su Xiaoxiao only wanted to sneak into the Prime Minister's residence to steal something. It wasn't until she got inside that she realized she had gone to the wrong place. As it turned out, there were two Prime Ministers' residences, one belonging to the Left Chancellor and one to the Right Chancellor. From then on, Su Xiaoxiao began a battle of wits with the Left Chancellor. One wanted her freedom. The other did everything he could to keep her. And she still had to find time to deal with th 5.1kReads9.2Score58514d adds
- 135 Transmigrate to Farm the Land: A Farmer’s Daughter and a Hunter Make Ends Meet 穿越种田，农女和猎户的养家日常 (Transmigration, farming, no golden finger, a slow and steady pace, love growing over time, a simple and cozy life, and everyday family affairs.) * Also known as: Springtime in the Fields * The story stays in a small mountain village. There will be no trips to big cities or the capital! * The heroine is no peerless beauty, just an ordinary person. * Ji Wenhe, an ordinary office worker, wakes up one day to find she has transmigrated. Their poverty is beyond words: a cold, bare cave, not a decent 351Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 136 A Hundred Million from the Start, Then I Transmigrated into a Marquis’s Maid 开局一亿巨款，穿成侯府丫鬟 Jiang Yunrong is rich, with a hundred million from her previous life; beautiful, the most beautiful woman under heaven; and blessed with a golden finger that lets her enjoy Pinduoduo anytime, anywhere. There’s just one problem: she’s become the personal maid in the study of the illegitimate eldest son of the Marquis of Yongyi in the Great Wei dynasty. She has no property rights and no right to life, and in this grand mansion, any of her masters might drag her into a room and force themselves on 3.4kReads8.8Score38614d adds
- 137 You've Got to Be Kidding! The Promotion and Fortune System Bound Itself to a Maid 玩呢！升官发财系统绑定了小丫鬟 [Alternate world] + [Long-form story: A Maid’s Rise] + [Reincarnated in the womb] + [No romance] + [Growing female lead] + [System and pocket dimension for rising in rank and making a fortune] + [From lowly maid to regent] Lin Banruo is sold to a broker by her parents for a bowl of Mongolian knockout drops. From a low-ranking maid bullied in the Qiu household, to the personal maid managing the eldest daughter’s assets, to the power behind Wanxiang Pavilion and Xuanji Tower... From there, she be 7.9kReads8.8Score73514d adds
- 138 The Tarnished Young Noble 蒙尘贵公子 [Historical Romance + Sweet Romance + Winning Her Back + Happy Ending] Ming He thought her husband was the most remarkable man in the world. He could recite poems like the most learned teacher at the academy, lines she didn’t fully understand but found utterly lovely, and even his offhand references to old stories carried an elegant, literary charm. He could also move like the fleetest hunter in the mountains, leaping and climbing with astonishing skill, as if these towering peaks were his own 89Reads6.8Score1614d adds
- 139 Forced to Become a Bedchamber Maid, the Ascetic General Wants to Dote on Me Alone 被逼成通房丫鬟，禁欲将军要独宠 Su Qingruo is a maid doing menial work in the Marquis’s Manor. By chance, she helps the heir, Mu Sheng’an, get rid of an aphrodisiac, and is forced to become his concubine. Unwilling to be a concubine, Su Qingruo runs away several times, only to be caught by Mu Sheng’an each time. In the end, she has no choice but to poison him. The valiant general Mu Sheng’an suffers from face blindness. Then one day, he realizes he can remember one particular face. Curious, he wants to find out why. But as the 4.4kReads8.9Score47714d adds
- 140 An Orphan Girl Reborn as a Little Maid 孤女穿成小丫鬟 Abandoned at the entrance to an orphanage at birth because she had a cleft lip and palate, Xia Ying struggled to survive until the age of twenty-eight, only to transmigrate after an object fell from high above. If she had to transmigrate, fine, but why into the body of a little maid? Who would want to be a servant? They have no rights at all. Their masters can beat them to death or sell them off whenever they please. How is she supposed to survive? 7.1kReads9.1Score53214d adds
- 141 The Noble Son of a Farming Family 农门贵子 He never imagined that one day he would transmigrate into the body of a fifteen-year-old peasant boy who had died in an examination hall. To take control of his own fate in this dynasty, all he can do is study hard. Studying changes one's fate, and can pave the way to success… 39Reads7.4Score1514d adds
- 142 You Retired Too? What a Coincidence, So Did I! 你也退休了？好巧，我也是！ [Romance included; historical romance; there may or may not be awful relatives (I haven’t written any before, so I’m still working them out)] Xie Yu was an ordinary palace maid who became an ordinary female official. She longed to leave the palace, and at last her dream came true. With the savings she’d earned during ten years of palace work and her battered old bundle on her back, she returned to the hometown she’d been away from for so long. Her dream was to build a little home, open a small s 1.2kReads8.8Score10614d adds
- 143 Transmigrating to Ancient Times: My Local Husband Spoils Me Rotten 穿越古代：被本土夫君宠翻啦 Modern-day darling Zhou Shuying transmigrates into the body of Huayu, an exceptionally beautiful maid who was sold off to a remote mountain village out of her mistress's spite. When she opens her eyes, she finds herself locked in a cage like livestock, on sale. A crowd of plainly dressed men stands before her, sizing her up like a piece of merchandise. Shuying really wants to die. But wait, why is there a... handsome guy among them? And he's staring at her like a predator, as if she already belo 645Reads8.2Score13214d adds
- 144 Settling Down in the Greater Khingan Mountains 大兴安岭安家记 [The simple pleasures of eating and drinking with my young husband in ancient times] Transmigration + farming + no golden finger + no special abilities + no pocket dimension She transmigrates to ancient times and opens her eyes to find herself married to a young hunter who hasn’t grown into his full height yet. There are no parents-in-law above them, and no uncles, aunts, or younger sisters-in-law below. They have not a single strip of farmland, and their only room is deep in the mountains. Well 16Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 145 Imperial Exam Comeback: From Farmer’s Son to First-Rank Grand Secretary 科举逆袭：从农家子到一品阁老 A modern young man transmigrates overnight and becomes a farm boy, descended from generations of farmers. Other people who transmigrate get a golden finger or a System. But when he takes a look at himself, he has nothing at all and is one of the lowest-ranking people of this era. He wants to invent things and change the age, but he's hopeless with his hands. He wants to master Neo-Confucianism and stand above the world, but, well, he knows nothing... Sigh, he'd better face reality. After thinkin 4.7kReads8.8Score35514d adds
- 146 Meeting the Icy General 遇上冰山将军 [Complete] [Gentle, sweet-natured maid × cold, abstinent general] After the Feng family is arrested and its estate confiscated, Feng Nanyi, the young lady of the household, is sent to the pleasure quarters. Once trained by the brothel madam, she will be offered to the powerful and wealthy for their amusement. Sure enough, the madam later puts Feng Nanyi up for auction at a high price. Watching the men below scramble for her as if she were an object, Feng Nanyi's heart turns to ashes. Just as she 65Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 147 The Regent's Secret Wife 摄政王的秘密夫人 [Traditional historical romance + both leads are virgins + doting romance] A cool and aloof heir to the marquis’s title, whose origins are shrouded in mystery and who is also a regent, + the lovely and charming eldest legitimate daughter of the Vice Minister’s household Both leads grow throughout the story. This is a slow-burn romance. Rumor had it in the capital that the aloof heir to the Marquis of Changning, who kept his distance from women, had been seen kissing a young lady who had not yet 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 From Convict Maid to Grand Empress Dowager: I Survived Three Reigns 从罪婢到太皇太后，我熬了三朝 [A careful plan at every turn] [Deep devotion] [Power over the court] She was the orphaned daughter of a disgraced official, the lowliest palace maid in the palace laundry. To find her younger brother, who had been missing for eight years, she saved up her meager earnings for half a year and begged the eunuch in charge to assign her to the State of Zhao. He took her money, got drunk, and casually entered her name on the roster for the frigid, desolate State of Xing instead. One wrong step, and s 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 I Sold Myself into Servitude! From Little Maid to First-Rank Madam 自卖为婢！从小丫鬟到一品夫人 Born into a new life + maid + ensemble cast + cozy everyday life + slow and steady pace + light harem intrigue A few caveats: not a strong female lead, no golden finger, and an ensemble cast. Lin Sui'an was born into a poor farming family in ancient times. Before she could use the knowledge from her past life to help her family prosper, the harsh realities of life forced her to sell herself. She ended up as a young maid in the Pingning Marquis's residence. Lin Sui'an thought she would never see 34.5kReads8.8Score3k14d adds
- 150 The Widow’s Brother-in-Law Lives Next Door 寡妇隔壁住着她大伯哥 The frost came early, and she hastily married; when the heavy snow fell, she was a young widow. Li Changfeng pinned her beneath a dead tree, his breath burning hot. “You can smile at him, so why can’t you smile at me? He can, so why can’t I?” Gu Yu pressed against his chest, every word sharp as a thorn. “Anyone but you. I can marry anyone else, but I can’t marry my former brother-in-law!” From Li Changfeng’s perspective: The day he stood in for his younger brother at the wedding, he fell in lo 1.2kReads7.1Score10114d adds
